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Making It Personal: How We Grieve Orlando

6/28/2016

Remember what we were doing after learning about the June 12th massacre at The Pulse?

Remember? We became a nation of somnambulists. In shock, we watched the news for clues. We called family and friends to find out if one of ours was among the dead. Why them and not us? The fear and helplessness engulfed us. Numb, we demanded blame and blood: Who can we shame? Some of us turned to the 'Just-World Hypothesis', targeting groups and making lines between “us” and “them.” Our collective anger served as a crumbling bulwark against the chaos.

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3 Therapeutic Benefits of Being a Pet Parent

6/23/2016

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Watching your pet enjoy the simple things in life helps you relax and be more mindful overall. Photo by AAS Pups.

You fall in love with a puppy or pick out the perfect aquarium fish and bring it home to be part of your life. Even though you discover being a pet parent has its challenges, you love caring for your pets and find it enriching and rewarding. But did you know it can also be therapeutic?

There’s much evidence, both anecdotal and through various studies, that show pet ownership brings a variety of health advantages that those without pets don’t experience. Read on to discover three therapeutic benefits to being a pet parent.

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How Come I'm Not Getting Better?

6/20/2016

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Sometimes things treatment-wise don't always go as expected and that can be frustrating for all involved. But there are some common reasons that results are often less than expected.

For example, we professionals miss the diagnosis. We get it wrong. Take the symptom "mood swing." This symptom might be seen in several different diagnoses, such as bipolar disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, domestic violence, or other brain injury. We can misattribute the root source of a symptom and therefore treatment doesn't match or work.

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Eyes: Windows to the Soul and Key to Unlocking Negative Emotions

6/14/2016

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How many of you - just for the heck of it - randomly dart your eyes around, back and forth, up and down or diagonally? Most of us don’t, unless we’re dreaming and having REM sleep.

Research has found that this rapid eye movement, that occurs in our sleep, plays a significant role in processing and storing information. Rapid eye movement can also help in the healing of trauma, good news for those dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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Expressive Writing Groups Create Compassion

6/3/2016

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We sit in a close knit circle, the lights dim yet bright enough to read by. We listen to a version of the fool's journey and it is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of our own journey as a collective. Tonight we will feast on words we've written, reading from a book of potery that we've created individually and as a group.

“Poetry is not merely a luxury for the middle classes – it offers a tough language for those with hard lives.” Jeanette Winterson

It is the final evening of Self Discovery Through Poetry Writing facilitated by Krista Clement at Real Caring. Less than two months have passed since we began this group exploration yet all of us feel we've known each other much longer; word crafting weaves such magic.

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Making It Personal: How We Grieve Orlando

3 Therapeutic Benefits of Being a Pet Parent

How Come I'm Not Getting Better?

Eyes: Windows to the Soul and Key to Unlocking Negative Emotions

Expressive Writing Groups Create Compassion

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